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Moon over Soho
- Rivers of London, Book 2
- Lu par : Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Durée : 10 h et 1 min
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Humour and mystery are an unlikely coupling, but in Moon over Soho, book 2 of the Sunday Times best-selling PC Peter Grant series, written by talented author Ben Aaronovitch, fans are brought to tears with the hilarious endeavors of PC Peter Grant - Police Constable and wizard apprentice. This is a modern detective audiobook unlike any other and brilliantly narrated by English actor Kobna Holdbrook-Smith. PC Grant has embarked on a thrilling battle against the monsters and supernatural dangers that lurk in the shadows around London. Available now from Audible.
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I was my dad's vinyl-wallah: I changed his records while he lounged around drinking tea, and that's how I know my Argo from my Tempo. And it's why, when Dr Walid called me to the morgue to listen to a corpse, I recognised the tune it was playing. Something violently supernatural had happened to the victim, strong enough to leave its imprint like a wax cylinder recording. Cyrus Wilkinson, part-time jazz saxophonist and full-time accountant, had apparently dropped dead of a heart attack just after finishing a gig in a Soho jazz club. He wasn't the first.
No one was going to let me exhume corpses to see if they were playing my tune, so it was back to old-fashioned legwork, starting in Soho, the heart of the scene. I didn't trust the lovely Simone, Cyrus' ex-lover, professional jazz kitten and as inviting as a Rubens portrait, but I needed her help: there were monsters stalking Soho, creatures feeding off that special gift that separates the great musician from someone who can raise a decent tune. What they take is beauty. What they leave behind is sickness, failure and broken lives.
And as I hunted them, my investigation got tangled up in another story: a brilliant trumpet player, Richard 'Lord' Grant - my father - who managed to destroy his own career, twice. That's the thing about policing: most of the time you're doing it to maintain public order. Occasionally you're doing it for justice. And maybe once in a career, you're doing it for revenge.
Read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Readalot
- 13/12/2011
Even Better Than the First One
I enjoyed this even more than the first in the series, and now I'm hanging out for Book 3. I found the action a little easier to follow (maybe that's because I have got a bit better control over my iPod now... though I can't make it stop replaying the last half hour of any session whenever I switch it on!) and a lot of things from Book One suddenly made sense. Peter is an interesting character with a good deal of tolerance for the "different", though not a lot for the "ethically challenged". Back story for Nightingale, Molly and Richard "Lord" Grant slides seamlessly into the current action. Excellent work, Messers Aaronovitch and Holdbrook-Smith.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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- chris
- 25/09/2011
Stellar performance of an enthralling book
Both this and the previous effort by Ben Aaronovitch were excellent fun books to read but were made even better by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith's narrations.
He does multiple characterisations effortlessly without sounding corny and this adds to a sense of involvement in the story which with Aaronovitch's descriptions, make you feel you are watching rather than listening.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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- lynn
- 21/07/2012
Pure Imaginative Brilliance
I came across this book/series by accident but it is a terrific listen. such wonderful imagination combining the geography of London, the mundane details of police procedure and magic. The book moves between humour, tragedy and compassion so one has little idea what is coming next. The narrator is pitch perfect accents are spot on and makes the street references of modern London speech that much more pertinent. Enthralling, looking forward to the next book and I have yet to finish this current book.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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- Amazon Customer
- 07/08/2022
Great story, amazing narration
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith is an amazing narrator and I'd listen to him read a takeaway menu on repeat.
But really, it's a great series. I'm not usually into this genre but I got recommended this so often I gave it a shot and I'm so glad I did!
Imperfect characters with great depth and just the right touch of grit and realism without becoming gore-fetish. The worldbuilding is great and the storyline stays enagaging and fresh even after 9 books which is pretty impressive.
It's one of those books that can just really sink into completely and get comfortably lost. 100% recommend.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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- Matt Mole
- 25/09/2021
Best series I’ve listened to in years
Urban Fantasy at its best. Atmospheric without unnecessary backstory with a great band of charters and a superb narrator.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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- LINZI
- 27/11/2018
Slow start to a good story.
I struggled to get into this one initially but it was good once I got into it.
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Global4 out of 5 stars
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- Mikkel
- 28/09/2018
Better and better.
Again a very good book.
Ans with a deeper connection to the character this book is just a bit better than the former.
Looking forward to see where they will go.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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- Jim
- 08/01/2018
Love this series.
The narrator is superb and the characters vivid and likable. Great series!, F@%k me you can do magic indeed!
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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- Alison
- 28/03/2017
excellent
the voice characterisation is superb and compliments the humour, and quick wit woven through out the story... love the concept of the return of magic... I totally recommend
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Global4 out of 5 stars
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- Amazon Customer
- 10/06/2015
Good story and performance
Started reading the Peter Grant aeries and pleasantly surprised to find an Audio book!
it is really an entertaining ride!
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Global4 out of 5 stars
- papercuts1
- 20/03/2013
Skurril und grandios gelesen!
Fazit:
Teil 2 der Serie um Peter Grant, Constable und Zauberlehrling, macht genau so weiter, wie Teil 1 aufgehört hat: Mit denkwürdigen Figuren, bizarren Kriminalfällen, Sprachwitz und furios-düsterer Magie. Ben Aaronovitch verbeugt sich vor einem urbanen, dennoch von der Vergangenheit durchtränkten London und benutzt die Stadt als Parcours für moderne Geisterjäger.
In MOON OVER SOHO lernen wir die Figuren aus Teil 1 besser kennen, was der Serie gut tut. Und auch wenn es stellenweise wieder zu verwirrend wird, zu viele Personen vorkommen und nicht alles immer ganz nachvollziehbar wirkt, tut das dem Spaß an der Sache keinen Abbruch. Dafür sorgen auch die vielen Harry Potter- und Herr der Ringe-Anspielungen, die sich durch die Geschichte ziehen.
In Sachen Spannung und Plot mit leichten Verbesserungen, ist die Hauptsache an MOON OVER SOHO neben den Charakteren immer noch die ganze Idee, der verrückte Genre-Mix. Für Leser/Hörer ohne Berührungsängste mit dem Skurrilen ein Riesenspaß mit herrlich dunklen Untertönen.
Zum Sprecher:
Wieder legt Kobna Holdbrook-Smith sich mit Verve ins Zeug und macht das Hörbuch in der englischen Version zum königlichen Vergnügen. Stimmenvielfalt ist ein Kinderspiel, Akkzente sitzen, und er behält den lakonischen Tonfall des Ich-Erzählers Peter Grant bei, den wir schon aus RIVERS OF LONDON kennen. Bei aller britischen Beherrschtheit des Constable zaubert Holdbrook-Smith aber auch ein paar Emotionen unter die coole Schale des Peter Grant.
Dieses britische Understatement schüttelt Holdbrook-Smith allerdings mühelos ab, wenn es um verführerische Vamps geht, erzürnte nigerianische Mütter und die hoheitsvollen Gottheiten der Themse, welche uns auch in Teil 2 wieder die Ehre erweisen. Das ist farbenfroh und pures Entertainment.
Richtig gut gefällt mir nach wie vor die elegant-mysteriöse Aura von Thomas Nighingale, die Holdbrook-Smith mit seinem tadellosen RP perfekt unterstreicht. Genauso würde England's letzter zertifizierter Zauberer sprechen. Kußhand!
So sehr ich suche, ich finde hier nichts, aber auch GAR NICHTS zu kritisieren. Eine großartige Sprecherleistung. Ein Sahneteilchen. Grandios!
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Global5 out of 5 stars
- elarothfertig
- 09/07/2015
grand!
great story, great performance. funny, exiting and a bit sexy. This is fabulous entertainment. :)
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- Jakob
- 01/04/2016
Strong sequel
I love the way the author expanded on the world and set up the larger arcs of conflict and character development. Add the city of London's continuing presence as a character plus some wizard bad-assery and you have a thoroughly enjoyable story.
The performance with wry humor and many mostly authentic accents adds extra personality and becomes inextricably linked with the characters and story.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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- Walter
- 15/03/2014
Mehr Magie - Einfach Zauberhaft
Die Fortsetzung des genialen Buches "Revers of London" hält das Niveau. Das familiäre und magische Umfeld des Peter Grant wird spannend, humorvoll und schrecklich erweitert. Jazz-Vampire sind da noch die harmlosesten Halbwesen, denen er in Soho begegnet...
Wieder ist die Stimme von Kobra Holdbrook-Smith fast unbeschreiblich gut. Dieses Buch hatte ich zuerst als Kindle gelesen - und war schon begeistert - aber DIE Performance! Einfach Zauberhaft.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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- Melisa Rintala
- 23/02/2021
Amazing narrator
I read the first book of the series as a paper version and loved it. Now, after listening to the second book read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, I love the whole series even more. He breathes so much life into the characters and it truly feels it's Peter Grant himself telling the story. The best fit of narrator and book I've ever heard.
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Global4 out of 5 stars
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- Helga
- 27/11/2018
Zieht sich etwas in die Länge
Ich finde die Bücher gut, ziehen sich aber stellenweise sehr in die Länge, dass man die Story fast aus den Augen verliert. Trotzdem kann ich sie empfehlen, da die Geschichten wirklich gut sind.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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- M. Keller
- 26/10/2015
meine ersten Hörbücher konnten kaum besser sein
mit dieser geschichte im ohr könnte die zugfahrt jedesmal ruhig länger andauern! Bin sehr begeistert von der story als auch vom Leser. und das englisch ist auch für nicht-muttersprachler gut verständlich.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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- Utilisateur anonyme
- 01/12/2022
Nice Story
I like the modern mix between crime stories and magic. Also the speaker does an incredible job to bring the characters to life. Some really dry British humour isn’t missing either. Although it seems a bit lengthy at times i would still recommend listening to it.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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- Isabella
- 15/02/2021
I absolutely loved this
The writing is splendid, the story exciting (reminded me of Doctor Who), but it is Holbrook-Smith's voice that managed to fully capture my attention and immerse myself into the audio book.
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Global1 out of 5 stars
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- L. Volk
- 10/09/2020
Performance great. Story boring!
I've really tried hard getting through this audiobook. I liked the first one. The second one just hasn't grabbed me though. I'm so bored listening to it.